Baja 250 is on saturday

im rolling out saturday morning around 1am, headining east on the 8 to mexicali then south to san felipe. ill be coming back saturday too. if anyone wants to join let me know.

 

10 hours driving... and no time for some shrimp and beer?

Hope you have fun! Here are some photos of when I first took Elizabeth to the SAN FELIPE 250 (in 2005): http://vivabaja.com/205

 

i went like 2 yrs ago. 2009. ummm 10 hrs yikes haha dont remind me. i will stop for dinner and beers then head out.

 

Of course that is round trip (5 hours each way)... I have other plans this weekend, otherwise the 250 is fun race to watch!

 

we're taking the 8east then south from mexicali. usually i cut from ensenada to san felo but this time im doing things differently

 

It is nearly an hour FASTER going via Calexico/Mexicali... Tijuana and Ensenada city traffic as well as the 20 mountain miles to Ojos Negros really slow you down.

 

Me and the Felipe whoops get to meet again the weekend after the race on my bike. Not looking forward to that part...

 

im going to be heading down there sat morning from san luis, az skipping mexicali. about 2.5 hr trip, all freeway

 

I will be leaving friday morning around 9 and will come back sun... Look for me on zoo road I'll be running weatherman channel on race radio and cb 21! Come on down to zoo road and hang out!

 

Any of you guys concerned about the whole cartel issues down there? I'm asking because I've never been to Mexico.

 

actually its been pretty calm. plus im not really connected with anyone and im not worth enough to kidnap. im good. i mind my own business, i go where i need to and i dont find myself in bad situations.

 

most of the cartel ovement is by juarez, nogales and tijuana.. but always be careful and try not to do anything stupid

 

btw,, its also going to be spring break weekend

 

mijo, ill call u wednesday

 

Oh, I imagine in the Baja part there probably is a lot less problems than in the inner cities too.

 

eh theres bad everywhere haha i mean in san felipe its quiet but theres stuff going on. but youre right tj for example is terrible

 

No, and I tell you why not... there are murders everyday in American cities... Are you affraid to go into a city? Why not? Well, the same reson Mexico is safe... because you choose to not be in the areas where crime happens or get involved with criminal activity.

You can allow the TV news to keep you a prisoner in your own home (or your own country) if you want. I choose to go where I want and experience as much as I can. Chances are far far greater you will be hit in your own town then robbed on a remote beach or dry wash in Baja.

Have a look at our group trip of last Memorial Day weekend (HB Murphy joined us) and see how wild a Baja trip can be, without any contact with drug runners, bad cops, or banditos: http://community-2.webtv.net/vivabaja/msm2010/

 

Damn, I wish I didn't have to work. For sure I'll go to the 500. Have fun there, be safe.

 

Last time I was in Mexico I was stopped for running a stop sign ( I saw the cop and stopped and counted to ten). The cop said the fine was $1000 and I was going to jail if I could not pay him on the spot! By the way this was just north of Ensenada. I was not drunk or doing anything illegal, cop saw a nice truck and thought he had a easy payday. He told me he would take me to a atm so I could get cash or a credit card advance! Told him I don't use CC's, he than told m to have my parents wire me $$$ or I would be in jail till I payed. This went on and on and I told him to take me to see the judge and called his bluff. After a hour in cuffs and having been thrown in a cage in his truck he searched through my truck took whatever he wanted (phone, ipod, some cash (he found about $50) and my socket set) then let me go. I had been down to mexico countless times before this and was fine with the old $20 Mexico tax but cuffs and truck torn apart was the end of the line for me. 99.9% of the people who cross the border have zero issues but I did.

 

that sucks. i got stopped for running a stop sign. my gf was with me and i stuffed the 1k dollars i had, our phones, everything valuable in her purse. they dealt w me the whole time. he wanted me to go pay the 60 dollar ticket but then hes like "well what can we do so we can forget this ever happened" man i thought he wanted a sexual favor the way he asked hahahha, 20 bucks erased everything